Suspect Database
Suspect database generally caused by internal IO issue, and the best way to resolve it to ask hardware person to...
2011-12-19
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SQL Server 2012 Diagnostic Information Queries (December 2011)
Since the final RTM release of SQL Server is getting ever closer, I thought it was a good time to...
2011-12-27 (first published: 2011-12-19)
3,654 reads
Junk dimensions
Junk dimensions are dimensions that contain miscellaneous data such as flags and indicators. When designing a data warehouse, you might...
2011-12-19
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Pitching Pebbles – Using Certificates to Grant Privileges
If you fill the jar with pebbles first, you'll never have room for the big rocks.
I’m sure you’ve heard the...
2011-12-19
1,220 reads
SELECT GetDate() – 30 AS [This actually works??];
I just ran across this in a piece of code (that I didn’t write):
… WHERE Thing >GETDATE()- 30
Aaaand it works....
2011-12-19
1,235 reads
PASS Summit 2012 Evaluation Results
I say it all the time because it’s worth repeating, feedback is a gift. Good, bad or indifferent (well, not...
2011-12-19
1,735 reads
CONCAT() string function–SQL Server 2012
As the name indicates, CONCAT() will concatenate two or more strings. This is one of the two string functions introduced in...
2011-12-22 (first published: 2011-12-19)
4,008 reads
SharePoint Reports and Scorecards on Apple Devices
While some people may consider this topic off limits the fact remains that more and more companies are adopting Apple...
2011-12-19
713 reads
Contracting is business not employment: Read the small print
This post is about a contracting in UK. Some of terms mentioned here will not mean a great deal to...
2011-12-19
1,209 reads
Read About SQLSatuday #100 & See the Coffee Cup Too!
Here’s a great post from Karla Landrum about her trip (with husband Rodney) to Brazil for the milestone making #100....
2011-12-19
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Blogs
Au Revoir for now
By Steve Jones
No, I’m not quitting or retiring. Just going on vacation, but I leave tonight...
The SUM of Nothing: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I caught this interesting item over on Pinal Dave’s blog: Eleven Interview Questions that...
Forums
Building a SQL Server Fleet Audit That Leadership Actually Reads
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Smart AI Agents and Data Security
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RegEx Functions IV
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Question of the Day
RegEx Functions IV
I have this data in a table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
EmailAddressID EmailAddress 7 dylan0@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COM 8 Diane1@ADVENTURE-WORKS.COMIf I run this query, which row(s) are returned?
SELECT top 10 * FROM person.EmailAddress WHERE REGEXP_LIKE(EmailAddress, '^D', 'i') AND BusinessEntityID IN (7,8)See possible answers